About the author:
Joanna Jullien is an author, educator and speaker with a passion for strengthening the parent-child relationship in a cyber powered world. A former technology executive and mother of two grown sons, Joanna left a career in technology circa 2004 when her youngest son hit middle school. She wanted to understand God's divine plan for allowing mobile connectivity into family life. So she founded a parenting publication and education resource center called, Core Connectivity (formerly Banana Moments Foundation), and she publishes and teaches on responding to the trends of youth, popular culture, technology and the issues of modern family life in order to inform and encourage parents as household executives - so they can strengthen bonds with children as emerging executives. As a family culture consultant, Joanna has appeared on 103.9FM The Fish, 710AM Keeping Faith in America, 1380AM The Answer, and Examiner.com. She publishes regularly on the Core Connectivity website blog,

Joanna and her husband live in Northern California. She was born in Massena, New York, and raised in Oakland, California in the Catholic faith. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social/Cultural Anthropology from U.C. Berkeley. Her honors thesis on corporate culture was awarded the Kroeber Prize from the Anthropology Department at U.C. Berkeley, and was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Since graduating from college she has had a 20-year career as a manager and executive for information systems, manufacturing and environmental management businesses.

Fresh Start Family Culture Builder for Household Executives

How to Maintain Open Parent-Child Communication in A Cyber-Powered World

Authored by
Joanna Jullien
Edition:
2

Fresh Start is a curriculum designed to help parents create a family culture to foster open communication with their children and promote individual resilience in a hyper-connected world.Personal security in a hyper-connected world requires self-discipline that keeps us free from influences like anxiety, bullies and predators.

Raising kids to be responsible, confident users of mobile devices and apps requires more than house rules and consequences. It requires building trust though boundary-setting as a relational experience that nurtures the soul. This is a spiritual resilience that is communicated through the heart of a parent which encourages transparency (no secrets) and individual accountability.

This training manual can be sued as an individual study, group study or workshop and offers the following:

* Explains the elements of a family culture and how they communicate discipline* In depth understanding of the cyber world our childr3en navigate today* Explains how children are conditioned differently for authority* Clarifies the opportunity to build trust with your child* Offers simple effective3 ways for parents to clarify and express their own beliefs and values at home* How to communicate your passion for your child's liberty and truly empower him or her* Simple steps to engage your child to develop house rules based upon your core beliefs and values* Work products include: Family creed, Family motto, and a short set of house rules